Abundant Appearance's Condemnation Damnation Devour Greater Houses Judgment Lengthy Making Mask Offer Prayers Pretence Pretense Pretext Property Punished Punishment Receive Sake Severely Severer Shew Swallow Wickedness Widows
20:47 Which devour widows' {k} houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
(k) By the figure of speech metonymy, houses is understood to mean the goods and substance.
20:45-47 He said unto his disciples, etc. See notes on Mt 23:5,6,14. Compare Mr 12:38-40.
20:47 Mt 23:14.
20:39-47 The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is double sin. Then let us beg of God to keep us from pride, ambition, covetousness, and every evil thing; and to teach us to seek that honour which comes from him alone.
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Abundant Appearance's Condemnation Damnation Devour Eyes Far Greater Houses Judgment Lengthy Making Mask Offer Others Prayers Pretense Pretext Property Punished Punishment Receive Sake Severely Severer Shew Show Swallow Wickedness Widows
